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VISA AXES FOUR; THREE REPORT NO ACTIVITY: Credit card company Visa’s overhaul of its Washington operation is starting to show. PI reported earlier this year that the company had undergone a strategic review and was making changes internally and externally of which the details are now coming to light in Senate lobbying reports. Velasquez Group, Sundquist Group, Rich Feuer Anderson and Hollier & Associates all filed first-quarter terminations for Visa this week. Glover Park Group, Morrison & Foerster and Gephardt Government Affairs all reported no lobbying activity during the first quarter.

The company spent nearly $1.5 million on lobbying during the first quarter and still maintains several hired guns, including Williams & Jensen, Van Scoyoc Associates, The Ingram Group, Jonathan Band, Mayer Brown, Empire Consulting Group and Breaux Lott Leadership Group.

NETFLIX DROPS OUTSIDE FIRMS: While much of Washington has been obsessed with "House of Cards," Netflix is giving the cold shoulder to K Street. The company, which spent $300,000 on lobbying during the first quarter, dropped its outside firm. Greenberg Traurig and Kountoupes Denham are no longer working for the company.

BLACKWOOD JOINS BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Sarah Blackwood, former director of legislative affairs in the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Energy Department, is joining Banner Public Affairs as a vice president. Blackwood also previously worked as legislative director to then-Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.).

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PELOSI TO ATTEND HARRISON FUNDRAISER: Democratic star power is turning out for a fundraiser for Podesta Group’s Jaime Harrison, who is running to be Democratic Party chairman in South Carolina. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, among others, are expected to be on hand for the event tonight at the home of John Jameson. Currently the first vice chairman of the S.C. Democratic Party, if he wins, Harrison would be in a powerful position for this critical early primary state in the 2016 election cycle.

BGR ADDS FIVE CLIENTS IN APRIL: BGR Group has signed five new lobbying clients — Caesars Entertainment Operating Company Inc., Crest Investment Company, Expedia Inc., Gilead Sciences Inc. and Kidney Care Partners — so far this month, according to Senate lobbying disclosures.

VENNSQUARED HIRES TWO:VennSquared Communications has hired Diane Zeleny to serve as a senior adviser to the firm. Zeleny will be the firm’s primary counselor and strategist on outreach activities in global markets. Most recently, Zeleny advised startups and NGOs. VennSquared has also hired John Reid Sidebotham as account manager.

FIVE OUT AT COAL TRADE GROUP: Anna has the scoop on five senior- and mid-level employees heading for the exits at the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity as part of an overhaul seven months into Mike Duncan’s tenure. ACCCE also recently let go its outside lobbying firm, Podesta Group. Click here for the full story: http://politi.co/14MLpwY

ELSEWHERE IN THE INFLUENCE WORLD:

Trygve Olson, who advised Rand Paul in his 2010 Senate campaign, will serve as an adviser to American Crossroads, reports Aaron Blake of The Washington Post. http://wapo.st/11D6WCu

The SEC could by the end of the month propose a new disclosure rule requiring publicly traded corporations to disclose to shareholders all of their political donations, reports Nicholas Confessore of The New York Times. http://nyti.ms/11MccCa

Andy Kroll of Mother Jones got a copy of the agenda for the Kochs’ upcoming conference. http://bit.ly/11yQZhG

Even though Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wasn’t on the ballot in 2012, he raised more money from lobbyists than any other member of Congress, save one, reports Michael Beckel of The Center for Public Integrity. http://bit.ly/XWs07F

The 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee left out some corporate donors when it voluntary disclosed donors earlier this year, report Keenan Steiner and Jacob Fenton of The Sunlight Foundation. http://bit.ly/15Eur3s